1935 - 1984
Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – c. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. A prolific writer, he wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Brautigan has received more than 699,744 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Richard Brautigan is the 1,631st most popular writer (up from 1,662nd in 2019), the 2,043rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,919th in 2019) and the 194th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Brautigan ranks 1,631 out of 5,794. Before him are Li Yu, Alice Walker, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Camilla Läckberg, Aharon Appelfeld, and Erskine Caldwell. After him are Attila József, Robert de Boron, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Chico Xavier, Jean d'Ormesson, and Chūya Nakahara.
1610 - 1680
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,625
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,626
1377 - 1445
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,627
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,628
1932 - 2018
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,629
1903 - 1987
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,630
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,631
1905 - 1937
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1,632
1110 - 1300
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1,633
1777 - 1843
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,634
1910 - 2002
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,635
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,636
1907 - 1937
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,637
Among people born in 1935, Richard Brautigan ranks 92. Before him are Monique Wittig, André Brink, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jerry Fodor, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Satoshi Ōmura. After him are Zeev Sternhell, Julian Glover, Carl Andre, Dharmendra, Vladislav Volkov, and Jan Saudek. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard Brautigan ranks 61. Before him are Kim Sung-gan, Raoul Salan, Motoo Tatsuhara, Mark W. Clark, Branko Ćopić, and Lee Krasner. After him are Marcel Janco, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Rodrigo Lara, Eduardo De Filippo, George Gallup, and George Gaylord Simpson.
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 86
1935 - 2015
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 87
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 88
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 89
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 90
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 91
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 92
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 93
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 94
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 95
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 96
1935 - 1971
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 97
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 98
1912 - 1984
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 55
1899 - 1984
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 56
1913 - 1984
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 57
1896 - 1984
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 58
1915 - 1984
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 59
1908 - 1984
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 60
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 61
1895 - 1984
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 62
1947 - 1984
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 63
1946 - 1984
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 64
1900 - 1984
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 65
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 66
1902 - 1984
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 67
Among people born in United States, Richard Brautigan ranks 2,043 out of 15,968. Before him are Alice Walker (1944), John Densmore (1944), Chris Cooper (1951), Peter Criss (1945), Tobe Hooper (1943), and Erskine Caldwell (1903). After him are Ellen Pompeo (1969), Walter Lantz (1899), John Havlicek (1940), Brad Davis (1949), Mary McDonnell (1952), and Dexter Gordon (1923).
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 2,037
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,038
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,039
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,040
1943 - 2017
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,041
1903 - 1987
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,042
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 2,043
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 2,044
1899 - 1994
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 2,045
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 2,046
1949 - 1991
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 2,047
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 2,048
1923 - 1990
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 2,049
Among writers born in United States, Richard Brautigan ranks 194. Before him are Eugene Nida (1914), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Ken Wilber (1949), Upton Sinclair (1878), Alice Walker (1944), and Erskine Caldwell (1903). After him are R. L. Stine (1943), Frederik Pohl (1919), James B. Donovan (1916), Ivy Lee (1877), Nora Roberts (1950), and E. E. Cummings (1894).
1914 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 188
1911 - 1979
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 189
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 190
1878 - 1968
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 191
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 192
1903 - 1987
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 193
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 194
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 195
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 196
1916 - 1970
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 197
1877 - 1934
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 198
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 199
1894 - 1962
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 200